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CHROOT(8)		    System Manager's Manual		     CHROOT(8)

NAME
       chroot -- change	root directory

SYNOPSIS
       chroot [-u user]	[-g group] [-G group,group,...]	newroot	[command]

DESCRIPTION
       The chroot utility changes its current and root directories to the sup-
       plied directory newroot and then	exec's command,	if supplied, or	an in-
       teractive copy of the user's login shell.

       If  the	-u, -g or -G options are given,	the user, group	and group list
       of the process are set to these values after the	 chroot(8)  has	 taken
       place.

ENVIRONMENT
       The following environment variable is referenced	by chroot:

       SHELL  If set, the string specified by SHELL is interpreted as the name
	      of the shell to exec.  If	the variable SHELL is not set, /bin/sh
	      is used.

SEE ALSO
       chdir(2),  chroot(2),  setgid(2), setgroups(2), setuid(2), getgrnam(3),
       environ(7), jail(8)

HISTORY
       The chroot utility first	appeared in 4.4BSD.

FreeBSD	5.4			 June 7, 2003			     CHROOT(8)

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